Kenya scored 270 runs in a T20, but isn’t considered a record

2018 seems to be the year where the records for highest totals across formats has been breached and bettered.

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Kenya v Rwanda
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Kenya v Rwanda (Photo Source: Twitter)

2018 seems to be the year where the records for highest totals across formats has been breached and bettered. England put up the highest T20I total in Women’s cricket, their men’s team soon overhauled the highest team score in ODI cricket as well and were really close to scoring 500 runs. In the men’s T20 format Kenya scored as many as 270 runs against Rwanda in the World T20 Qualifier Africa B.

It was no surprise that Kenya absolutely plundered a much weaker Rwanda side in the match played at the Gahanga Stadium, Rwanda. However, their feat of scoring 270/6 in 20 overs doesn’t go down as a record in T20 cricket as the contest isn’t recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Though Rwanda is an associate member of the ICC the tournament hasn’t been granted an official status by the international governing body.

Batting first the Kenyan batsmen enjoyed the opportunity of taking on the ordinary Rwanda bowling and hit them all around and over the park, left-right and centre. It is a great example of a team effort as none of the batsmen scored a hundred and the team still got to a huge total. Four Kenya players scored half century and the batting unit collectively hit 21 boundaries and 20 sixes.

Kenya Score Card
Kenya Score Card. (Photo Source: ICC)

After the ICC board’s meeting in April this year, it had announced the decision to grant T20 International status to all the 104 associate nations in men’s and women’s cricket. While it has been in force since July 1 for the women, all the men’s matches played in the shortest format of the game between associate teams will have a T20I status after January 1, 2019.

The highest T20I team total

The record is on the name of the Australian team. They had piled on 263 runs against Sri Lanka for the loss 3 wickets in 2016 and the exact same score is the best in T20 format as well and Indian Premier League (IPL) side Royal Challengers Bangalore also has its name there having scored 263/5 against Pune Warriors in 2013.

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